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Delta County, Michigan

SDWIS compliance plate

Sheet MI041 · Delta County 70 sys · 3,385 viol · #1484/3254

VIOL-SEVERE · HEALTH-LOW · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PFAS-HIGH · SRC-GW · SYS-MID · BOOK-FULL

  • VIOL-SEVERE 81.4% flagged
  • HEALTH-LOW 10.6% health
  • RANK-MID #1484/3254
  • PHOTO-FINISH ±0.2 pp
  • PFAS-HIGH 50.0% detect
  • SRC-GW GW lead 96%
  • SYS-MID 70 systems
  • BOOK-FULL 7/7 fields

Nearest flagged-rate peer: Alger County (+ 0.2 pp flagged-rate)

According to EPA SDWIS county population served used on /counties, Delta County ranks #1,484 of 3,254 counties by people served, and #52 of 83 counties in Michigan. See methodology · corpus placement.

Delta County standing, lower-flagged corpus third

Flagged-system rate 81.4% is at or below the corpus lower third (≤ 92.7% flagged) across 2,973 counties with ≥3 SDWIS systems . Health-based share 10.6% is health-based share in the middle third (≤ 24.5%) . UCMR5 detect rate 50.0% is UCMR5 detect rate above the tested-pool upper third (> 33.3%) . Population served ranks #1,484 of 3,254 · #52 of 83 in Michigan.

Flagged-rate neighbourhood around Delta County

Lowest/highest poles plus in-state counties nearest Delta County on % of SDWIS systems with ≥1 violation. Full ladder: /counties.

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Oscoda · lowest Delta · this county Hillsdale · near Menominee · highest 52.9% 81% 81.4% 81.6% 81.8% 82.2% 100%

Source: EPA SDWIS (county aggregates) As of 2026-05-15

Water Systems

System Name Population Violations PFAS
Escanaba 12,941 10 Clean
Gladstone 4,632 48 Detected
Mdot - Hyde Rest Area 840 13 -
Billerud Escanaba LLC - Main Mill 830 51 -
Solbergs Buck Inn 500 52 -
Rapid River Schools 400 104 -
Ford River Township 385 20 -
Mdot - Garden Corners Rest Area 380 0 -
Mid Peninsula School 350 9 -
Dsisd - Learning Center 312 63 -
Breezy Point Bar 300 6 -
Garden 270 25 -
Maple Ridge Township 250 23 -
Delona Restaurant, LLC 250 36 -
Jacks Restaurant 250 19 -
DNR - Fayette State Park 250 17 -
St. Joseph Church 250 22 -
Pantry Restaurant-Truck Stop 200 82 -
Big Bay de Noc School 200 54 -
Terrace Bay Inn 185 20 -
Tylene's Restaurant 150 30 -
Great Lakes Sports and Recreation Club 150 35 -
Pioneer Trail Park - Campground 110 6 -
Pioneer Trail Park - Day Use 103 0 -
Vagabond Resort 100 29 -
Terrace Bluff Country Club 100 17 -
Garden Golf 100 28 -
White's Grocery 100 61 -
Nahma Township 95 269 -
Ob Fuller Park - New Camping Area 82 2 -
Ob Fuller Park 80 0 -
The Dock Grill & Bar 76 6 -
Dollar General - # 21076 - Cooks 75 0 -
Dollar General - # 22843 - Perkins 75 0 -
Dollar General - # 16396 - Rapid River 75 0 -
Dollar General - # 17512 - Bark River 75 0 -
D&m Subs - Danforth 75 48 -
Country Schoolhouse Day Care (Danforth) 68 1,313 -
Usfs -Camp 7 Lake/Campground (Pumphouse) 60 0 -
Usfs - Camp 7 Lake/Campground (Day Use) 60 4 -
Usfs - Admin 60 239 -
Cedar Hill Medical 60 50 -
Barn on the Bay 60 6 -
Swallow Inn Inc 50 5 -
Whispering Valley Campground 50 9 -
Perkins Store 50 3 -
Cedar Hill Assisted Living 45 15 -
Massie's Country Market 40 10 -
Papa Jim's Pizza 40 17 -
Bay View Motel 35 17 -

Compare beyond Michigan

Lower-flagged peers for Delta County

Cross-state counties nearest Delta County on flagged-system share (81.4%) and cumulative violation count (3,385). In-state neighbours stay on the compliance plate above.

Similar flagged-system rate

Nearest cross-state counties by % of SDWIS systems with at least one violation on record.

4 peers

Similar violation load

Nearest cross-state counties by cumulative SDWIS violation count (all systems in the county).

4 peers

Read our methodology · Check your water system - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from EPA SDWIS and UCMR5 PFAS monitoring data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainWater

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